Music To Illuminate The Darkness

Redemption in depression… with otis galloway

featuring artists like

Garbage, Queens Of The Stone Age, Nine Inch Nails, Filter, Soundgarden

When I was in therapy, my therapist asked me what was something that I was passionate about.

Without even stopping to think, the word left my mouth. ‘Music.’

It was there that I found the key to coping with depression. Depression isn’t sadness, at least not in the way many people think. It’s like feeling nothing at all. This playlist reflects those feelings, and the subsequent path out of the darkness into the light.

The Possession-Trevor Something

8 October 2021

I thought that you were as good as deadYou’ve made your way back into my headYou possessed me… The famed psychoanalyst Carl Jung spoke of the ‘shadow self,’ which are the parts of our psyche and personality we don’t want to deal with, the things hidden away so that we don’t make other feel uncomfortable…. More

Low-R.E.M.

8 October 2021

Thematically and sonically, this was a perfect fit right after Blur. I’ve been an R.E.M. fan from jump…I connected with the music right away. Once again, I’m not entirely sure this song is actually about depression, but the word ‘low‘ can be interpreted in that context. The meaning can indicate position, as well as mood…. More

This Is A Low-Blur

5 October 2021

This is a lowBut it won’t hurt youWhen you’re aloneIt will be there with you This song isn’t actually about depression. It was inspired by a handkerchief that Blur bassist Alex Jones gave to lead singer Damon Albarn. The handkerchief had a map of British shipping lanes printed on it, along with corresponding weather reports…. More

Mad World – Gary Jules w/ Michael Andrews

20 September 2021

All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for the daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere…
Otis Galloway

My name is Otis Galloway, and I am a beautiful mess.

  • I believe in music as a powerful agent of healing.
  • I believe a cassette mixtape can carry powerful emotional gravity that tells stories that span generations, worlds and universes.
  • I believe in travel, love, cooking, street food, cold beer and gelato.
  • I believe in conversations that go until the sun comes up.
  • I believe love comes in a multitude of forms.
  • I believe in large kitchens and cooking huge dinners for friends.
  • I believe we have so much to learn from one another.
  • I believe in growing more hemp, cannabis and bamboo.
  • I believe we should say, ‘I Love You’ more often.
  • I believe we need more justice for the people.
  • I believe we can do better, and should do better.
  • I believe in a diverse, colourful world full of happy, realized, loving people.
  • I believe gyoza is love.
  • I believe in musicto.

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